33 Questions About Grand Rapids That Have Appeared On ‘Jeopardy!’

33 times in the history of Jeopardy!, Grand Rapids has popped up on the show.

As questions on a game show go, some of these are difficult, but as a resident here, you should be able to get them all. Let's see how you do.

As a huge fan of the show (I have tried out for it six times, getting to the second round of try outs three times and the third round once), someone pointed me in the direction of the J! Archive, which houses every answer and question used on Jeopardy!, the iconic game show hosted by Alex Trebek, which airs weeknights at 7:30pm on WWMT, Channel 3.

Of the 33 Grand Rapids questions in the Archive, two were wrong answers, and one involves Grand Rapids, Minnesota (which everyone got wrong that day, even though it was alarmingly easy). One also involved a Grand Rapids ride at a theme park that has nothing to do with us, and one involved Cedar Rapids, IA.

Not surprisingly, many of the questions revolved around the 38th President of the United States, the late Gerald R. Ford. 16 of the questions involved him or his wife, Betty.

Another three questions involved GR being the first city to put fluoride in our water supply, while two involved late astronaut Roger Chaffee, and two involved Catholic theologian St. Thomas Aquinas, who Aquinas College is named after.

Twice on the show Grand Rapids was mistaken for Battle Creek by contestants. Which hopefully prompted a stern condescending look from Alex.

11 contestants have been from Grand Rapids, including Brandon Summers, who was just on last month.